A Cold White Light
he loved the
cold white light of the fog
flowing around his legs
wispy and ephemeral
yet hard and impenetrable
wrapping him in its arms
hiding him from harm
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hap's micropoetry
Texan, former US Marine, Vietnam vet, retired carpenter, new to poetry and writing of any kind, but enjoying the freedom of expression. Hope you like what you read. Feedback, good or ill, is appreciated.
Familiar Paradise
my familiar paradise
is curled on the bed
languid body
moving seductively
inviting me in
I’m helpless to refuse
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Raven (haiku)
black fading to blue ~
quiet dawn pierced by a ~
raven’s raucous caw
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Life Is A Feather (haiku)
a cold north wind
chills my ancient bones
life is a feather
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Muscadines
trailing vines
of muscadines
we picked them
in late summer
wild grapes in hand
barefoot and tanned
growing up
is such a bummer©
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mockingbird tanka
a mockingbird
on my porch railing
singing his desire …
“Put A Spell On You”
lingered in the summer air ©
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Virtual
touching…
fingertips feel
every curve and flat
then send
to the brain
a picture of
every inch of her…
virtual vision ©
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Melancholia (haiku)
melancholia
carrying raw emotions
on ragged shirtsleeves
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Pine Knot (haiku)
a pine knot is not
a knotty problem — ‘gnarly’
said the valley girl ©
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The Reason (Six Words)
you are the reason I breathe
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